Facilities for investigating occupational asthma in UK non-specialist respiratory departments

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-73

  Barber, Christopher M ^a,b   Naylor, Steven ^a   Bradshaw, Lisa ^a   Francis, Mandy ^a   Harris Roberts, Joanne ^a   Rawbone, Roger ^a   Curran, Andrew ^a   Fishwick, David ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASTHMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 37849015645     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm090     Document Type: Article

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